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Satapatha-brahmana [sanskrit]
147,532 words | ISBN-10: 812080113X | ISBN-13: 9788120801134
The Sanskrit text of the Satapatha-brahmana: One of the largest works in the category of Vedic (Brahmaic) literature, narrating in extensive detail the various rites, constructions, chants and utensils to be used in Hindu ceremonies. Alternative titles: Śatapathabrāhmaṇa (शतपथब्राह्मण), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (शतपथ-ब्राह्मण) Shatapathabrahma (shatapatha).
Verse 11.5.4.5
brahmacāryasītyāha brahmaṇa evainaṃ tatparidadātyapo'śā netyamṛtaṃ vā āpo'mṛtamaśānetyevainaṃ tadāha karma kurviti vīryaṃ vai karma vīryaṃ kurvityevainaṃ tadāha samidhamādhehīti samintsvātmānaṃ tejasā brahmavarcasenetyevainaṃ tadāha mā śuṣupthā iti mā mṛthā ityevainaṃ tadāhāpo'śānetyamṛtaṃ vā āpo'mṛtamaśānetyevainaṃ tadāha tadenamubhayato'mṛtena parigṛhṇāti tathā hāsya brahmacārī na kāṃ canārtimārcati na sa ya evaṃ veda
Preview of English translation:
5. “Thou art a Brahmacarin,” he says, and thus commits him to the Brahman;—“sip water!”—water, doubtless, means ambrosia: “sip ambrosia” is thus what he tells him;—“do thy work!”—work, doubtless, means vigour: “exert vigour” is thus what he tells him;—“put on fuel!”—“enkindle thy mind with fire, with holy lustre!” is what he thereby tells him;—“do not sleep!”—“do not die” is what he thereby says to him;—“sip water!”—water means ambrosia: “sip ambrosia” is what he thus tells him. He thus encloses him on both sides with ambrosia (the drink of immortality), and thus the Brahmacarin suffers no harm of any kind, nor does he who knows this.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 11.5.4.5
The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)
2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
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The Satapatha Brahmana (3 volumes)
by Dr Jeet Ram Bhatt (2009)
Sanskrit Text with English Translation; 1726 pages; [Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers]; ISBN: 9788178541693
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The Satapatha Brahmana (With The Commentary of Sayanacarya and Harisvamin)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2002)
3483 pages; [शतपथ ब्राह्मणम्] According to the Madhyandina Recension; Commetaries: (1) Vedarthaprakash (Vedartha-prakasha) by Shrimat-Trayibhashyakar Sayanacharya, (2) Sarvavidyanidhana Kavindracharya Saraswati.
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Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)
236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]
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Cultural Study of the Satapatha Brahman (in Hindi)
by Dr. Urmila Devi Sharma (1982)
106 pages; Shatapatha Brahmana Ek Sanskritik Adhyan; [Publisher: Meharchand Lakshmandas Publications]
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